Noometry

Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Olmo 3 32b Think Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

38.7

Rank #183 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.5 leads 53.6 to 35.0.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
ProviderMoonshot AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index48.138.7
Released2026-01-27—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$2.25—
Results tracked5114

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding14741319
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
LMArena WebDev1437—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
SciCode49%—
WeirdML45.6%—
ALE-Bench821.65—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14531302
ARC-AGI-211.8%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark78.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.9%—
ARC-AGI-165.3%—
CritPt3.1%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
EnigmaEval3.4%—
Thematic Generalization69.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03—

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math14701316
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions62.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert14661273
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14331255
LMArena Chinese14951300
LMArena French14541291
LMArena German14411290
LMArena Russian14351254
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1410—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14311275

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14451296
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text14451300
LMArena Creative Writing14231256
LMArena Multi-Turn14441290
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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